27 July 2003, 10:30 - 13:00
This year commemorates the 100th anniversary of the first controlled powered flight, on December 17, 1903. The Wright Brother's National Memorial in Kitty Hawk has a small visitor's center, two new temporary exhibit halls for the centennial, and a large stone monument atop the hill from which the Wright flyer took off. The inscription around the base of the monument reads, "In commemoration of the conquest of the air by the brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright conceived by genius achieved by dauntless resolution and unconquerable faith".
This year commemorates the 100th anniversary of the first controlled powered flight, on December 17, 1903. The Wright Brother's National Memorial in Kitty Hawk has a small visitor's center, two new temporary exhibit halls for the centennial, and a large stone monument atop the hill from which the Wright flyer took off. The inscription around the base of the monument reads, "In commemoration of the conquest of the air by the brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright conceived by genius achieved by dauntless resolution and unconquerable faith".
